Where does Profoto Aktiebolag rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Profoto Aktiebolag ranks #27,181 of 49,997 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

How many patents does Profoto Aktiebolag hold?

Profoto Aktiebolag holds 10 US utility patents granted between 2019 and 2025, spanning 8 technology areas.

What is Profoto Aktiebolag's Innovation Score?

Profoto Aktiebolag has an Innovation Score of 32.4 out of 100 (41st percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Profoto Aktiebolag's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Profoto Aktiebolag's recent grant velocity is +250% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Profoto Aktiebolag's patents?

Profoto Aktiebolag's patents average 14.7 claims each. This is an aggregate descriptive count from the grant record; it does not establish claim scope, legal strength, enforceability, or design-around risk.

How is the Profoto Aktiebolag patent data sourced?

All patent data comes from USPTO PatentsView, a public research dataset maintained by the United States Patent and Trademark Office covering US granted utility patents from 2015 to 2025.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView Foreign Corporation

Profoto Aktiebolag

Q: What technology areas does Profoto Aktiebolag focus on?

Profoto Aktiebolag's top technology area is G03B (Apparatus OR Arrangements FOR Taking Photographs OR FOR Projecting OR Viewing THEM; Apparatus OR Arrangements Employing Analogous Techniques Using Waves Other Than Optical WAVES; Accessories Therefor) with 6 patents, ranking #220 of 1,064 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 8 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 10 granted patents across 8 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2019–2025. Grant-trend analysis is cross-referenced to USPTO Patent Public Search; it does not measure application filings, current R&D, or legal strength. Primary class: G03B (Apparatus OR Arrangements FOR Taking Photographs OR FOR Projecting OR Viewing THEM; Apparatus OR Arrangements Employing Analogous Techniques Using Waves Other Than Optical WAVES; Accessories Therefor).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Profoto ranks #27,181 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 10 patents across 8 technology areas.

#27,181
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 41st percentile
by Innovation Score (32.4/100): 14.7
avg claims per patent: +250%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R27181 · Foreign Corporation #27,181 · 10 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 10 grants
MID-PACK #27,181/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Prime Merger Sub
CPC-NARROW G03B · 8 areas
INNOV-THIN 32.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.7 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +250% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Prime Merger Sub, LLC (±0 grants)

Instrument codes from this assignee’s USPTO PatentsView grant sheet: volume band, corpus rank, photo-finish peer, lead CPC, Innovation Score, claim depth, assignee type, velocity, and book completeness. Not a USPTO rating of patent strength.

How Profoto’s 32.4 Innovation Score adds up

The same four weighted components behind every Innovation Score on PlainPatent: portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth.

Volume 8.3 pts (26%) Velocity 5.3 pts (16%) Breadth 10.0 pts (31%) Claim depth 8.8 pts (27%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Profoto Aktiebolag · this assignee

32
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Profoto's Innovation Score is 32.4/100 (41st percentile of the PatentsView-derived corpus). The chart places that score against the nearest Innovation Score peers plus corpus poles, not a reprint of the volume ranking.

Does more volume mean deeper claims for Profoto?

Each dot is one of Profoto’s 8 nearest volume peers (same corpus rank neighbourhood as the chart above), placed by total granted patents (horizontal) against average claims per patent (vertical). Profoto’s own 14.7 claims/patent is at or below the 16.6 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

Profoto vs its 8 nearest volume peers: granted patents vs average claims per patent. Source: USPTO PatentsView.

Where Profoto's grants concentrate

Profoto Aktiebolag is a focused PatentsView assignee: 8 CPC subclasses with 60% of grants classified under G03B (Apparatus OR Arrangements FOR Taking Photographs OR FOR Projecting OR Viewing THEM; Apparatus OR Arrangements Employing Analogous Techniques Using Waves Other Than Optical WAVES; Accessories Therefor). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2020. By volume, Profoto sits between Prime Merger Sub, LLC and Pryon Incorporated.

Profoto's three-year grant acceleration

Profoto Aktiebolag shows 4 grants in 2022–2024 against only 5 in 2019–2021. That prior window is too thin for a growth multiple (rename and spin-out assignees look artificially high when the baseline is near zero), so PlainPatent withholds a ranked acceleration claim here.

Prime Merger Sub

10
Promab Biotechnol…

10
Pronova Solutions

10
Processing Intern…

10
Project Soak

10
Prostar Energy (U…

10
Proventia Oy

10
Pryon Incorporated

10
Profoto Aktiebolag ◀

10

What this shows Profoto holds 10 patents at rank #27,183, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Profoto

By rank, the assignees closest to #27,183 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G03B (Apparatus OR Arrangements FOR Taking Photographs OR FOR P…)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in Profoto's primary technology class.

Profoto's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)

32 41st percentile higher than 41% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2019–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2019–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Profoto Aktiebolag patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2019	2	20.0%
2020	1	10.0%
2021	2	20.0%
2023	3	30.0%
2024	1	10.0%
2025partial year	1	10.0%

Which technologies does Profoto Aktiebolag patent most?

G03B - Apparatus OR Arrangements FOR Taking Photographs OR FOR Projecting OR Viewing THEM; Apparatus OR Arrangements Employing Analogous Techniques Using Waves Other Than Optical WAVES; Accessories Therefor 6

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 3

G08B - Signalling OR Calling SYSTEMS; Order TELEGRAPHS; Alarm Systems 1

F41H - ARMOUR; Armoured TURRETS; Armoured OR Armed VEHICLES; Means OF Attack OR Defence, e.g. Camouflage, IN General 1

F21V - Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Systems THEREOF; Structural Combinations OF Lighting Devices With Other Articles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 1

H05B - Electric HEATING; Electric Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Circuit Arrangements FOR Electric Light Sources, IN General 1

G08C - Transmission Systems FOR Measured Values, Control OR Similar Signals 1

Top 8 of 8 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

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What to do with this data

Profoto Aktiebolag's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Profoto Aktiebolag's lead technology class is G03B (Apparatus OR Arrangements FOR Taking Photographs OR FOR Projecting OR Viewing THEM; Apparatus OR Arrangements Employing Analogous Techniques Using Waves Other Than Optical WAVES; Accessories Therefor), 60% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G03B
Ranked #27,181 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Profoto Aktiebolag against Prime Merger Sub, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 32.4/100 blends volume, velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth. How it's calculated

Figures reflect USPTO PatentsView grant data through May 2026; pending applications not yet granted are not counted.

Data sourced from USPTO PatentsView - official U.S. government patent data. See our methodology for computation details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainPatent

Disclaimer: This information is provided for informational purposes only and does not constitute professional advice. Data is sourced from the USPTO PatentsView database. Consult a qualified professional before making decisions based on this data.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sources used on this page

USPTO PatentsView - the disambiguated bulk patent-grant, assignee, and CPC data this page's figures are derived from. patentsview.org
Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) - the joint USPTO/EPO classification scheme used to group patents by technology area. cooperativepatentclassification.org
USPTO Patent Public Search - the official interface to verify the status of any individual patent. ppubs.uspto.gov

Compiled by PlainPatent , US Patent Intelligence Editorial Process · May 15, 2026

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